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1887 Birthday - Hesketh Pearson, England, biographer/playwright, Writ for Libel

1871 Event - President Grant suspends writ of habeas corpus

1871 Event - 3rd Enforcement Act (President can suspend writ of habeas corpus)

1861 Event - John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting writ

1861 Event - President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus









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